*Carthamus creticus Linnaeus. Section: Atractylis. Common name: Smooth Distaff-thistle. Habitat: Waste area around wool-combing mill, ballast, other disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of s. Europe and n. Africa. Reported by Nesom (2004d) for SC, as C. baeticus.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA19, K4; = Centaurea cretica (L.) Spreng.; = n/a – C, F, RAB, Tat; ? Carthamus baeticus Boiss. & Reut.; ? Carthamus lanatus L. ssp. baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman – K1, K3
Links to other floras: = Carthamus creticus - FNA19
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